Gnomish
tuth
noun. tinder
Cognates
- Eq. tusture “tinder, chips, firewood”
Derivations
- ᴱ√TUÐU “kindle” ✧ GL/72
Element in
- G. tuthli “match” ✧ GL/72
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√tudh- > tuth [tuð] > [tuθ] ✧ GL/72
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
The word G. tuth “tinder” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon as a derivative of the root ᴱ√tudh- [TUÐU] (GL/72), where the final ð became th.
Neo-Sindarin: I think this word may be salvaged in Neo-Sindarin as a derivative of the Neo-Root ᴺ√TUD “firewood, kindling”, but it would become ᴺS. tudh in Sindarin’s phonetic developments.